Daily Archives: August 9, 2021

2021-08-09: News Headlines

Johanna Kichton (2021-08-09). People's Action and Coalition on Human Needs Launch National "Shared Prosperity" Week of Action to Win Immigrant Justice. peoplesaction.org Days Before Anniversary of DACA, Advocates to Urge Congress to Include Citizenship in Next Recovery Bill Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and the Coalition on Human Needs today launched a national week of action to urge Congress to include a pathway to citizenship for young Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential …

Mari Uyehara (2021-08-09). The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics. thenation.com The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics…

Othering & Belonging Institute, NNIRR (2021-08-09). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

news.un (2021-08-09). Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders 'disastrous' for children. news.un.org UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing "humanitarian catastrophe" in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.

Robert Koehler (2021-08-09). Is a United World Possible? counterpunch.org What if . . . ? I get lost — tangled in doubt and cynicism — when I try to pose the question in a more specific way. What if . . . a collective human voice could be heard, crying out across the borders as the pandemic surges, as the fires rage, as the

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-09). Belarus: Western interference could have triggered global conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lukashenko: Belarus averted a new world war "Belarus is located at the crossroads. Had we showed weakness during the protests, we would have been ripped apart. As a result, a new world war would have erupted. I realized that bayonets were being sharpened on the other side of the border, so I put the army …

Peter Bolton (2021-08-09). The Media's Lies, and Lies by Omission, About Migration Out of Nicaragua. counterpunch.org On July 29, an Associated Press (AP) article appeared online titled With turmoil at home, more Nicaraguans flee to the U.S. As is so often the case with media reports these days, the article starts off with a melodramatic anecdote that sets the tone and argumentative thrust for the rest of the piece. Emotionally manipulative rhetoric is, after all, more viscerally effective in pulling at the heart strings than facts and figures could ever hope to be.

Steven Sahiounie (2021-08-08). Syria-Jordan Border: Daraa Suffers Terrorist Occupation Again. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2021-08-08). Mexico: 95 Migrants Disappeared in Tamaulipas Last Year. telesurenglish.net Urging human rights mechanisms to launch search and rescue operations, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) confirmed the disappearance of 95 migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in February last year. | RELATED: | The migrants were abducted while traveling in several buses through Tamaulipas territory on February 19, 20, and 27, as well as, March 7 and 12 2019. | The CNDH warned that the public security agencies belong…

_____ (2021-08-08). The Untimely Tragic Death of Labor's Best Friend. commondreams.org But there's fierce pushback from some GOP leaders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has blamed President Joe Biden and immigrants for his state's record Covid-19 hospitalizations.

teleSUR (2021-08-08). Argentina To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced new measures to soften COVID-19 restrictions and normalize social and economic life. | RELATED: | Noting further regulations on the matter, National Director of Migrations Florencia Carignan increased from 1.000 to 1.700 the daily amount of Argentinians and permanent residents who can enter the country. | Nevertheless, incoming citizens must show a COVID-…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-08). Combat Footage: Houthis Raid Saudi Military Post On Border With Jizan (18+). southfront.org Screen grab from the the combat footage shared by the Houthis. | On August 6, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shared footage from a recent raid that targeted a post of the Saudi military on the Yemen border with the Kingdom's southern province of Jizan. | Houthi fighters stormed…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2021-08-08). An Encounter at Nez Perce Creek. counterpunch.org Grizzly in Yellowstone. Photo: NPS / Jim Peaco. | Late June, Nez Perce Creek, Yellowstone. I was following closely the path the renegade Nez Perce took 115 years ago, a trail that allowed them to put some space between themselves and homicidal General Otis Howard and his US Army troops. Even then Yellowstone, already a national park, stood as a sanctuary of freedom and wilderness. | To read this article, In order to read CP+ arti…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-08). Fighting On The Armenian-Azerbaijani Border Continues. southfront.org Armenian artillery position in Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. | On August 8th, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claimed that the Armenian Armed Forces had shelled their positions on the border. The same claims have been made on a daily basis since the late July.On August 8, at 13: 00 the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Arazdeyen settlement of the Vedi region using small arms periodically subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions in the direction of the Hey…

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